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Musician Hegg Says GOP Health Care Plan Imposes Unfair Age Tax

Self-employed South Dakota musician and Affordable Care Act Marketplace policyholder Jon Hegg lends his voice to an AARP video urging Congress to scrap the Republican ACA repeal/replace plan:

I don’t know Hegg’s income, but according to a Kaiser Family Foundation data, 40-year-old South Dakotans like him making $40,000 a year would see the GOP plan increase the tax credits they can get for buying individual health insurance increase by 12% to 35%. 60-year-old South Dakotans making $40,000 a year would see their tax credits drop 57% to 61%. Older South Dakotans will also see higher premiums, since the GOP plan allows insurers to charge older policyholders five times the premium younger policyholders pay; the Affordable Care Act caps older folks’ premiums at three times younger folks’ premiums.

3 Comments

  1. owen 2017-03-19 10:10

    Cory, maybe you should try to explain this to Noem. After listening to her yesterday she needs somebody besides Trump people telling her what’s going on.

  2. Sam2 2017-03-19 16:28

    Owen: The dem’s have found a issue they can win on in 2018 if they manage it correctly.

  3. Cory Allen Heidelberger Post author | 2017-03-19 17:23

    Owen, I’m happy to try explaining.

    Sam2, who do we manage that issue correctly? Right now, I’m inclined to package it pretty simply: “South Dakota, if you have it, Donald Trump wants to take it and hand it to rich people.”

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